# Psion's Siphon not working on troops with Ancestry-Traits

**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/psions-siphon-not-working-on-troops-with-ancestry-traits/39319
**Category:** Bug Reports
**Created:** [May 8, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/psions-siphon-not-working-on-troops-with-ancestry-traits/39319 "2018-05-08T21:05:46Z")
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### Author: ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/psions-siphon-not-working-on-troops-with-ancestry-traits/39319/4 "2018-05-08T21:16:53Z")

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> [@Psion-Diviner interaction/Clarification about Mana Steal](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/psion-diviner-interaction-clarification-about-mana-steal/36885/22):
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> Yep. Just like Orc traits specifically state “when I take damage to life”, but all traits that center around taking generic (ie., not skull) damage (Frenzy, Aspect of Humility, Orbweavers third trait) all only trigger when taking damage to life. Conversely, traits that trigger when taking skull damage trigger when the opponent matches skulls, regardless of what was hit. Traits that trigger on skull damage have a bunch of different terms used that doesn’t necessarily track with how they funct…

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